1. Purpose

1.1 To seek the confirmation of Council to the appointments to Committees for 2018/19

2. Recommendations

2.1 That the appointments to Committees for 2018/19 set out in the report be confirmed.

3. Issues and Choices

4. Report Background

3.1 The memberships of Committees be as follows:

**Overview and Scrutiny Committee:** (15 members – 8C, 6L, 1LD) Councillor Lane (Chair) Walker (Deputy) Sargeant, Graystone, Flavell, Bottwood, Aziz, Kilby-Shaw, Joyce, Ashraf, Culbard, Russell, Smith, G Eales and Meredith

**Appointments and Appeals Committee** (6 members 4C, 2L) Councillors Nunn (Chair) Larratt (Deputy) Patel, Eldred, Birch and Stone.

**Audit Committee** (7 members - 4C, 3L) Councillors Markham (Chair) Oldham (Deputy) J Hill, Golby, T Eales, Marriott and Stone General Purposes Committee (9 members - 5C, 3 L, 1LD) Councillors Sargeant (Chair) Kilbride (Deputy) Caswell, Parekh, Aziz, Marriott, Cali, Chunga and Beardsworth

Licensing Committee (11 members – 6C, 3L, 1 LD, 1 IND) Councillors Flavell (Chair) Sargeant (Deputy) Caswell, Larratt, Walker, Graystone, Duffy, Culbard, Haque, Beardsworth and Davenport

Planning Committee (13 members 7C, 5 L, 1 LD) Councillors Oldham (Chair) Lane (Deputy), Bottwood, M Markham, Golby, Kilbride, Kilby-Shaw, Russell, Birch, Choudary, Smith, McCutcheon and B Markham

Standards Committee (9 members – 5 C, 3L, 1LD) Councillors Patel (Chair) Oldham (Deputy) Kilbride, Parekh, Bottwood, T Eales, Marriott, Russell and B Markham

4. Implications (including financial implications)

4.1 Policy 4.1.1 n/a

4.2 Resources and Risk 4.2.1 None

4.3 Legal 4.3.1 The Council has a legal requirement to formally appoint members to Committees to enable it to operate lawfully

4.4 Equality 4.4.1 None

4.5 Other Implications 4.5.1 None

5. Background Papers 5.1 None

Francis Fernandes Borough Solicitor 0300 330 7000